Forbidden Worlds #74 (1958)

Dr. Stephen Simms, a meteorologist skeptical of the unproven, investigates a sudden snowstorm in the middle of a July heat wave near Bella, Indiana—only to parachute into a strange, frozen battlefield where he encounters a woman sentenced to death during the Civil War. When she begs him to save her, he finds himself drawn into a dangerous escape, only to discover she’s not who she seems, and that their fates are entangled across time in ways he can’t yet comprehend.

When a series of unexplained noises drive tenants away from 1207 Pickett Lane, the house is finally torn down—only for a new four-family building to rise on the same site, where the eerie sounds begin again on the first night. As the mystery deepens, the question lingers: is it the house, or something about the land itself that brings the strange disturbances?

In the remote deserts of Persia, renowned archaeologists Dave and Grace Ballard uncover an ancient scroll that reveals a startling truth: visitors from another world once came to Earth—and are due to return in just a few centuries. As Dave deciphers the text, he realizes the visitors' return is not a myth, but a calculated threat to humanity’s future. When the long-awaited spacecraft arrives, the couple must find a way to outwit their alien captors and prevent the destruction of Earth.

Robert Adams, bored by his mundane life, finds his routine shattered after receiving mysterious glasses that let him physically step into the worlds he reads about. Through the lenses, he experiences vivid, real-time adventures in the past—riding with knights—and the present, where he becomes a high-stakes financial tycoon, only to be overwhelmed by the pressures of each era. Now, with the future beckoning, he dons the glasses once more, stepping into a dazzling city of tomorrow, where a sudden invasion sends shockwaves through the skyline.